For the week that ended on September 10th, Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's
Minions: The Rise of Gru topped the Blu-ray only and overall packaged media charts in its debut. The fifth feature film in the
Despicable Me franchise is a sequel to the 2015 prequel film
Minions and finds the adorable yellow Minions trying to help a young Gru become a member of the Vicious 6 team of supervillains. Production on the film was announced in 2017, but after the coronavirus pandemic struck, production moved to remote work, and the film's release was delayed from 2020 to 2021 and then finally to July 2022, where it opened over the Independence Day holiday and grossed over $123 million during the four-day weekend. So far, the film has grossed over $362 million domestically so far and over $905 million worldwide. This week,
Minions: The Rise of Gru had an HD share of 56% and 8% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.
Dropping to second place on both charts in its fourth week is Universal Pictures Home Entertainment's
Jurassic World: Dominion. The third film the
Jurassic World trilogy (and sixth film in the
Jurassic Park franchise) began filming in February 2020 for a June 2021 release. However, in March 2020, filming was put on hold when the coronavirus pandemic struck much of the Western world. Filming would eventually resume in July 2020 with the aid of an entire hotel that Universal rented for the production to use as a "bubble", making
Jurassic World: Dominion one of the first films to resume production after the pandemic began. Filming was eventually completed in November 2020 and post-production meant that it was not completed until November 2021. Along with the return of Jeff Goldblum as Ian Malcolm, The film also marked the return of actors Sam Neil and Laura Dern as paleontologists Alan Grant and Ellie Sattler, the two leads in the original
Jurassic Park, making
Jurassic World: Dominion the first time in almost thirty years that all three characters had been in the same film. Despite this casting coup, reviews for the film have been largely negative, but that hasn't stopped it from grossing over $375 million domestically and an impressive $621 million internationally so far. This week,
Jurassic World: Dominion sold 57% as many Blu-ray units as
Minions: The Rise of Gru, with an HD share of 59% and 15% of units sold from the 4K UHD format.
Also moving down a spot on both charts is Paramount Home Media Distribution's
1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story. The ten-episode prequel to Paramount's
Yellowstone tells the story of how the Duttons came to own their ranch and premiered on the Paramount+ streaming service between December 2021 and February 2022. The series garnered critical acclaim and while additional episodes of
1883 will not be produced, filming is already underway on a new series, called
1923, which will follow a later generation of the Dutton family. This week,
1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story sold 18% as many Blu-ray units as
Minions: The Rise of Gru, with an HD share of 25%.
Elsewhere on the charts, Paramount's 4K UHD release of
Star Trek: The Motion Picture: The Director's Edition landed the 1979 film back in the top ten Blu-rays at No. 6, while the debut 4K UHD debuts of
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier and
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country saw the sequels come in at No. 15 and No. 9, respectively. Along with the new 4K UHD standalone release of
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Paramount's
Star Trek releases also made up four out of the top five titles on the UHD Market Share chart for the week.
Top Ten Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 9/10/22:
- Minions: The Rise of Gru
- Jurassic World: Dominion
- 1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
- My Hero Academia: World Heroes' Mission
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture: The Director's Edition
- Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
- The Lord of the Rings: The Motion Picture Trilogy
Top Five Home Media Sellers for Week Ending 9/10/22 (% of Blu-ray's Market Share Noted):
- Minions: The Rise of Gru (56%)
- Jurassic World: Dominion (59%)
- 1883: A Yellowstone Origin Story (25%)
- Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (65%)
- Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (45%)
Top Blu-ray 3D Sellers for Week Ending 9/10/22 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom 3D (4.86%)
- Dune 3D (2021) (1.75%)
- Top Gun 3D (0.41%)
- Minions 3D (0.02%)
Top Five UHD Blu-ray Sellers for Week Ending 9/10/22 (Per % of Total Unit Sales):
- 3:10 to Yuma 4K (2007) (98%)
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 4K (97%)
- Star Trek V: The Final Frontier 4K (96%)
- Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country 4K (95%)
- Star Trek: The Motion Picture: The Director's Edition 4K (79%)